{"id":786,"date":"2008-04-07T23:55:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-04-07\/786"},"modified":"2008-04-07T23:55:30","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T14:55:30","slug":"just-like-that-kyotos-cherry-blossom-season-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-04-07\/786","title":{"rendered":"Just Like That, Kyoto&#8217;s Cherry-Blossom Season Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='050779' href=\"\/i\/JEF_050779.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_050779_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Getting On Past Prime Time -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i050779\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\ntitle=\"Cherry Blossoms in Kyoto, Japan, just past full bloom, with about half full and half already fallen.\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<span class='nobr'><a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_050779.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_050779.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Getting On Past Prime Time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The main cherry blossoms were clearly past their peak this morning,\nquickly helped along by <span class='nobr'>a soaking<\/span> rain that arrived mid-morning and lasted\nall day. <span class='nobr'>The wind and<\/span> rain combined to create <span class='nobr'>a carpet<\/span> of blossoms anywhere\n<span class='nobr'>a tree<\/span> was near.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='050889' href=\"\/i\/JEF_050889.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_050889_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Black Asphalt Path -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i050889\"\ntitle=\"Black aslphalt path in Kyoto, Japan, turned white due to a layer of fallen cherry blossoms\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_050889.jpg\">full exif<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Black Asphalt Path<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That pretty much sealed the end of Kyoto's cherry-blossom season this\nyear, just <span class='nobr'>a tad<\/span> earlier than <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-03-14\/763\">last year<\/a>. No more <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-04-05\/783\">full bloom in Kyoto<\/a>, no\nmore <a href=\"\/blog\/2008-04-06\/785\"><i>joie de\nvivre<\/i><\/a>, no more <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-04-06\/784\">evening cherry-blossom\nlightup<\/a>. Of course, <span class='nobr'>I have plenty<\/span> of photos from the weekend and from\nthis morning before the rain, so <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> stock for later posts, and next\nyear's cherry-blossom previews.<\/p>\n\n<p>(Also, there are a few <a href=\"\/blog\/2007-04-25\/436\">late-blooming varieties<\/a> yet to come.)<\/p>\n\n<p>The rain did make for a fun stroll with Mommy (and, apparently, focus issues for me)...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight'><a name='050873' href=\"\/i\/JEF_050873.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_050873_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i050873\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_050873.jpg\">full exif<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I'm sure it's the same worldwide: <a href=\"\/blog\/2006-04-11\/177\">kids love rain puddles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"\/blog\/2008-04-09\/787\">Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main cherry blossoms were clearly past their peak this morning, quickly helped along by a soaking rain that arrived mid-morning and lasted all day. The wind and rain combined to create a carpet of blossoms anywhere a tree was near.<\/p> <p>That pretty much sealed the end of Kyoto's cherry-blossom season this year, just a tad earlier than last year. No more full bloom in Kyoto, no more joie de vivre, no more evening cherry-blossom lightup. Of course, I have plenty of photos from the weekend and from this morning before the rain, so I have stock for later posts, [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}